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CASH HANDLING/SAFES
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
■ Corrections officers (191),
firefighters (192), and
garbage collectors (193) have better
jobs than flight attendants (194)
■ Newspaper reporter (199) is down
at the bottom, along with taxi driver
(197), enlisted military personnel
(198), and lumberjack (200).
■ In the "irony" category, tied for
179th are military general and
butcher. The general earns seven
times more money (for good
reason). Neither has a particularly
good hiring outlook.
I am, however, worried about
the prospects for my magazine
bosses. Here's a direct quote from
CareerCast. "Of course, much can
change in the rankings of our Jobs
Rated report over 26 years. Consider
publication editor. Just 12 years ago,
it ranked 31st overall. It checks in at
139 in this year's Jobs Rated report."
The stress level has risen
dramatically, the hiring outlook
has worsened, and the pay isn't
that good, either. Why are we doing
this again?
Background
Screening
Benchmarking Report
The Retail Industry Background
Screening Benchmarking Report has
revealed a healthy respect for EEOC
guidance and a keen understanding
of what checks are necessary for
what positions.
The report takes an in-depth
look at retailers' background check
habits including what checks are
run, what positions are screened and
how retailers are reacting to EEOC
guidance. In addition to looking at
what checks are currently used, it
looks into what checks retailers want
to increase or decrease their use of
background checks as compared to
years past.
"For a long time, background
screening was focused on more—
more types of checks, done on more
employees. With EEOC guidance, all
industries have to switch their focus
to doing the right checks on the right
employees, and the retail industry is
at the head of the pack," says Matt
Robbins, vice president at GIS.
In addition to showing what
services are used, the report also
shows why retailers are performing
background checks. Retailers
were asked to rank their various
reasons for performing background
checks, showing that safety is their
biggest concern:
■ Safer work environment
■ Hire better employees
■ Customer safety
■ Shrink reduction
■ Protect brand and image
Retailers can request their
copy of the report now by visiting
theftdatabase.com/benchmarking.
U.S. Retail
Fraud Survey
The U.S. Retail Fraud Survey 2014,
now in its second year, is an extensive
study of the retail fraud and loss
prevention systems, processes, and
strategies employed by 100 of the
United States' top retailers. The survey
reveals that theft of cash from U.S.
retailers has soared by a staggering 20
percent, while the number of stores
using secure storage at POS dropped
by 35 percent.
While suggesting that the reduction
in use of secure POS is directly
responsible for the dramatic increase in
cash shrink would be to oversimplify
a complex issue, those retailers
affected may well wish to review their
cash-handling systems in the light of
this information and reexamine how
they store, validate, count, and move
their cash; both around their stores
and to their bank.
Other areas of store loss highlighted
by the survey include:
■ Employee theft is identified as the
biggest area of store loss at 38
percent of shrink.
■ Administrative and bookkeeping
errors account for the third biggest
area of loss at 21 percent.
■ Shoplifting is the fourth biggest area
of loss in stores at 11 percent.
Download the survey and
executive summary by going to
retailfraud.com/survey.
A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION
TO RETAIL THEFT
• Led by retailers
• Approved by law enforcement
• Sanctioned by prosecutors
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